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G. J. B. RODWELL.

. HAND STAMP.

No. 265,872. Patented Oot.10,-1882 libvenlcn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. B. RODWELL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIQOANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM DIOKS, OF SAME PLACE.

HAN D-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 265,872, dated October 10, 1882.

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To all whom it mag concern: 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE JAMES BEL- LAMY RODWELL, of the city of Toronto, in the county of YOlk, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a neat hand-stamp which can be conveniently carried in the pocket, will always be ready for use, and can be handled without -fear of soiling the fingers; and it consists essentially of two oblong cases, the bottom of one being provided with a felt pad placed over a piece of sponge or other porous material containing the liquid ink with which the pad is to he saturated, this first case being arranged to receive within it a similarly-shaped case having on its bottom the type, and also arranged, it necessary, to form an ink-reservoir for holding a surplus supply of ink.

Figured is a sectional-elevation, showing the interior arrangement of my improved handstamp. Fig. 2 is an outside View.

it will be noticed in the drawings that the bottom of the outer casing, A, has formed on it a suitable chamber to receive a sponge, a, or other porous material suit-able to contain a liquid ink, with which it is saturated.

bis a pad, made of felt or other suitable material, and made to fit tightly the interior of the casing A, covering the sponge a, as indicated.

Bis an inner casing, made to fit, as indicated, within the ontercasing, A. The inner casing, B, is made to form a liquid-tight compartment having but one aperture, which is hermetically sealed by a proper stopper, O. This chamber is intended to contain a surplus supply of ink in order to have at all times a ready means of resaturat-ing the sponge a.

I may here mention that by having theinkpad placed at the bottom of the casing A the ink cannot be ati'ected by the light, while the fact that the inner casing, B, fits tightly the outer casing. A, insu es that when the two are placed together all dust will be kept 'from the pad and type.

In a recess made in the bottom of the inner casing, B, I fit the type E, either cut. on the face of a rubber strip or otherwise, as may be desired by the manufacturer, provided that it is so fitted that it can be removed easily and replaced by type differently arranged.

U is a stopper screwed into the aperture through which theink is supplied into the easing B. This stopper may have a brush, D,extending irom it, as shown, which brush may be used for the purpose of applyingthe ink to the pad I) or sponge a, as the case may be.

In order to preventthe type E coming in contact with the pad I) when it is not desired to have them so applied, I provide springs F, preferably attached to the flange or the easing B,as shown inFig. 2, so thattheywill come in contact with the end of the casing A, and will not till compressed allow the type to come in contact with the pad.

What I claim as my invention is- In a'hand-stamp, the combination, with an outer case, A, provided with an inking-pad, 11, ot the hollow removable inner case, B, carrying type, and provided with a stopper, O, and a brush, 1), and the springs F, secured to the case B, and adapted to rest upon the edge of the case A, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

G. J. B. RODWELL. \Vitnesses:

W. S. MURDOCI-I, Of Toronto, Canada, Burris/er and Notary Public. G. MACDONALD, Of same place, Barrister. 

